Configure Notifications for MI Console

Beginning in v7.1.0, you can configure email alerts for when a Metric Insights application service goes down. It is possible to send notifications to Slack, specified email address(es), or to MI Console admins.

1. Access MI Console

  1. Access the Admin menu

2. Configure Mail Notifications

  1. Log In: Enter the Login for the mail server
  2. Password: Enter the Password for the mail server
  3. Activate Send mail notifications to enable email alerting
  4. Send mail to: Enter adress(es) where the alerting email will be sent
  5. Send mail from: Enter the address that will appear in the From field of the alert emails
  6. Send mail port: Enter the port used to connect to the mail server
  7. Activate Send mail SSL to try SSL connection when sending emails
  8. Send mail server: Enter the mail server address
  9. Activate Send mail to admins to send email alerts to MI Console admins
    • If this checkbox is activated, the value provided in Send mail to will be ignored

3. Configure Slack Notifications

  1. Activate Send Slack notifications to enable alerting to Slack
  2. Slack token: Enter Slack App-Level token
    • NOTE: The token must have the following Scopes:
      • connections:write
      • authorizations:read
      • app_configurations:write
  3. Slack webhook: Enter Incoming Webhook URL
  4. Slack channel: Enter the name of the Slack channel where alerts will be sent
    • You can specify the channel name with or without the # prefix, both formats are supported.
    • Example: #docs-channel, docs-channel
  5. [Save]
  6. Optionally, [Send test message]